Harper Lee allows the reader to understand from the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" whether or not most people are "real nice". ... Through Harper Lee's use of symbolism of Tom to the Mockingbird the reader can see his purity and innocence. ... Evidence of this would be his accepting no money to help Mayella with her chores "No suh, not after she offered the first time I was glad to do it" . ... Calpurnia is a character in "To Kill a Mockingbird" whose only fault is her desire to fit into both the white and black society. ... While "most" characters in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" ...

• Word Count: 1011
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee's book 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' explores just that. ... Fear in 'To kill a Mockingbird' leads to narrow-mindedness and ignorance. ... The social classes in 'To Kill a Mockingbird" are very distinct. ... These people live in the dumps and rely on the welfare for help. ... To Kill a Mocking Bird is a story about everyone's right to be treated fairly no matter their race, color, background or creed and not blinded by racial prejudice or fear created by others and not placed into social classes. ...

• Word Count: 814
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, I as a reader am able to extend the boundaries of my understanding of the issues and characters in this and other novels. ... The jury is all white which doesn't help and is a form of racial prejudice. ... All the issues in the novel help extend the boundaries of my understanding. ... Therefore the statement "The value of reading is that is allows us to extend the boundaries of our understanding" is completely true as the novel To Kill a Mockingbird has done exactly that to me and I have gained knowledge on several universal and unifyin...

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Scout Scout, also known as Jean-Louise Finch, was the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird. The whole story was told as seen through her eyes. Although it was mainly told as a memory, she included how she felt then, and how she felt in her later years. Scout, toward the beginning of the story, is a...

• Word Count: 428
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

One such masterpiece includes my all time favorite, To Kill A Mockingbird. ... When a censor looks at a book like To Kill A Mockingbird and sees foul language, they shy away. ... To Kill A Mockingbird is an example of this. ... How will students learn about the racism without reading Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird? ... Children are able to form their own opinion on books and, with the help of teachers, become wiser. ...

• Word Count: 942
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the three books that I read, "Almost French" by, "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Anderson, and "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, I noticed two main themes that was portrayed in each. ... This was "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. ... The idea of racism in the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" is not necessarily only black versus white (or shall we say Cygnets versus Ducklings) like it was in "The Ugly Duckling". ... In comparison to "Almost French", we notice that in "To Kill a Mockingbird", the idea of conflict is constricted to an "inner-town" area, in which all the conflict o...

• Word Count: 886
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Now the term "mocking bird" refers to a small bird that does no harm to anybody, all it does in the words of Miss Maudie is "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but ... sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Two of the "Mocking birds" in "To kill a mocking bird" are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. ... He also tries to help people like Mayella Ewell who need help with manual chores. ... This shows that he does not do anything to harm people, only helps them. ...

• Word Count: 654
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The book, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is set in the sleepy Southern town of Maycomb, in the 1930s. ... The supporting characters in To Kill a Mockingbird stand up for what they believe in, through multiple subtle, but meaningful acts of friendship, integrity, and morality. ... Like Judge Taylor, Miss Maudie also does her part to help with the trial. ... Underwood wrote that article because he really means that it was wrong to kill him, and he can be compared to a mockingbird, not because he's crippled, but because he is black. ... The moral of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbir...

• Word Count: 1682
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill A Mocking Bird.... The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee touches on many different issues. ... With the help of Dill the Finches" gather the strength to actually step foot in the Radley yard. ... The novel has helped me see deeper into southern living in the past. ... I think that the novel has helped me see a different side of myself. ...

• Word Count: 595
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

This can be applied to the short stories: Blue Winds Dancing and Two kinds, and to the book: To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Making an inference, with the help of this word, can help the reader become more understanding of the morals the stories are trying to portray. ... To Kill a Mocking Bird is this last thing assimilation will be applied to. ... Each story can help us get a better perspective of our own society. ... Following these morals can help make each person individually different. ...

• Word Count: 687
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

With this thought, it is easy to understand that in To Kill a Mockingbird the mockingbird is Tom Robinson, a harmless man who becomes a victim of racial prejudice. Like the mockingbird, Tom has never done any wrong to anyone. He was a harmless creature who tried to help anyone he could, even Mayella Ewell, a white girl who brings Tom to trial just by helping her chop up an old dresser. ... Fostering the inclusion of people of color in the legal system and taking other steps to promote color-blind justice will help to ensure that equal justice for all is a reality to millions of citizens. ...

• Word Count: 3114
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Atticus Finch, in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird is a case in point. ... Nonetheless, Atticus Finch cannot help follow his moral and decides to defend Tom against the malignant accusation and racism. ...

• Word Count: 505
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

He saw his people get beaten, killed, enslaved, and segregated from all things that whites were able to do. ... King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech he helped change everything that was going on. His speech helped create the greatest good for the greatest number of people just like Bentham/Mill's principle states. ... Although she was arrested, she helped create the greatest good because after she was arrested the U.S. ... When it comes to justice being serve I think of the book To Kill a Mockingbird. ...

• Word Count: 1213
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School